Gracious
Gra″cious (grā″shŭs), a. [F. gracieux, L. gratiosus. See Grace.] 1. Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love, or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; mercif...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Graciously
Gra″cious‐ly (?), adv. 1. In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly. Dryden.2. Fortunately; luckily. Chaucer.
Graciousness
Gra″cious‐ness, n. Quality of being gracious.
Grackle
Grac″kle (?), n. [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridæ; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tai...
Gradate
Gra″date (?), v. t. [See Grade.] 1. To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize.2. (Chem.) To bring to a certain strength or g...
Gradation
Gra‐da″tion (?), n., [L. gradatio: cf. F. gradation. See Grade.] 1. The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in rank...
Gradation (2)
Gra‐da″tion, v. t. To form with gradations.
Gradational
Gra‐da″tion‐al (?), a. By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.
Gradatory
Grad″a‐to‐ry (?), a. [See Grade.] 1. Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual.Could we have seen crimes darkening on their progress... could this gradatory apostasy ha...
Gradatory (2)
Grad″a‐to‐ry, n. [Cf. LL. gradatarium.] (Arch.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
Grade
Grade (?), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree, Gradus.] 1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative po...
Grade (2)
Grade, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Graded; p. pr. & vb. n.Grading.] 1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.2. To reduce to a level, or to an eve...
Gradely
Grade″ly, a. [Cf. AS. grad grade, step, order, fr. L. gradus. See Grade.] Decent; orderly. Halliwell. — adv. Decently; in order.
Grader
Grad″er (?), n. One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
Gradient
Gra″di‐ent (?), a. [L. gradiens, p. pr. of gradi to step, to go. See Grade.] 1. Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata. Wilkins.2. Rising or descending by regular degre...
Gradient (2)
Gra″di‐ent, n. 1. The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.2. A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.3. ...
Gradin
{ ‖Gra″din (?), Gra‐dine″ (?),} n. [F. gradin, dim. of grade. See Grade.] (Arch.) Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another. ...
Gradine (2)
Gra‐dine″ (?), n. [F. gradine.] A toothed chised by sculptors.
Grading
Grad″ing (?), n. The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade.
Gradino
‖Gra‐di″no (?), n.; pl.Gradinos (#). (Arch.) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin.
Gradual
Grad″u‐al″ (?); a. [Cf; F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Gradual, n.] Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another...
Gradual (2)
Grad″u‐al, n. [LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1), fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Grail a gradual.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An antiphon or responsory after t...
Graduality
Grad″u‐al″i‐ty (?), n. The state of being gradual; gradualness. Sir T. Browne.
Gradually
Grad″u‐al‐ly (?), adv. 1. In a gradual manner.2. In degree.Human reason doth not only gradually, but specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of brutes. Grew.
Gradualness
Grad″u‐al‐ness, n. The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.The gradualness of this movement. M. Arnold.The gradualness of growth is a c...
Graduate
Grad″u‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Graduated (?) p. pr. & vb. n.Graduating (�).] [Cf. F. graduer. See Graduate, n., Grade.]1. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps,...
Graduate (2)
Grad″u‐ate, v. i. 1. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.2. (Zoöl.) To ta...